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VIDEO: Motocrossing a Segway with James "Bubba" Stewart

Now, to answer what we're sure is a burning question on the minds of all of our readers... yes, it is possible to ride a Segway on a supercross track. Well, it's a burning question if you happen to be AMA Supercross Champion James "Bubba" Stewart, that is. As you'll see in the video we've conveniently pasted after the break for your viewing pleasure, for the rest of us, probably not. From the looks of things, this particular Segway is one of the brand's off-road models and has some specific modifications to help improve its chances on ... Read more →

Legway - DIY human-powered Segway Jeremy Korzeniewski

Sure, the Segway Personal Transporter is cool and all, with its self-balancing technology and lack of emissions from the vehicle, but is there a way to make it greener? At least one enterprising ...

GM and Segway working on new balancing 2-wheeler? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Please hold a moment while we check our calendars. Nope, it's definitely not April 1st. That must mean the stories circulating the internet tonight of a GM tie-up with Segway must be true. The ...

Segway on its last legs? Jeremy Korzeniewski

The Segway may be many things, but a sales success it is not. When the little machine was first announced, its inventor, Dean Kamen, proclaimed that it would relegate the car to horse and buggy ...

Dean Kamen going mad in seclusion? Jeremy Korzeniewski

Dean Kamen and his inventions are often mentioned on these here pages, probably most often for the creation he is arguably best known for, the Segway. More recently, the inventor has begun tackling ...

Wozniak carries two Segways in the back of his Toyota Prius 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above for more images of the Saturn Flextreme concept Apple co-founder Steve "the Woz" Wozniak loves his Segway. In fact, that should be plural, as he has multiple self-balancing two-wheelers. He also likes his hybrid Toyota Prius, enough to test its 104 mph top speed on multiple occasions. ...

What I did on my summer staycation! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Every year after the summer break, the first assignment given in English class seems to always be a short essay entitled "What I did on my summer vacation." Well, maybe not this year. Instead of enthralling classmates with tales of visiting some far off exotic destinations and engaging in cooler ...

Surprise: Segway loses to parked car in crash testing 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click above to watch a video of the crash-test digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Surprise_Segway_hits_car_at_Full_Speed_Loses_to_parked_car'; German authorities have crash-tested the Segway and found that it's unsafe. Well, unsafe when running head-first into a parked car at nearly ten miles ...

VIDEO: Look out Segway, Toyota introduces the Winglet! 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

In a move that's sure to knock the Segway world off balance, Toyota has introduced its new "personal transport assistance robot" called the Winglet. Actually, there's three of them. One with a tall handle that could be seen as more practical and two other sportier models featuring supports gripped ...

Bob Lutz finds out first-hand what happens when you run out of juice 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image above for more shots of Lutz and the Vectrix Bob Lutz, GM's formost Volt-pusher, loves himself some electric vehicles. As the owner of four (that's right... dude's got four!) Segways and a Vectrix Scooter, he's surely gotten used to the charging ritual. Still, accidents happen, ...

Chinese S.W.A.T. team rides Segways into the line of fire 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Whoa_Segways_to_Fight_Terrorism_in_China'; A counter-terrorist exercise known as "Taishan 2008," took place yesterday in Jinan, Shandong Province, China. Among other things, the forces used Segways for transportation. As we've reported in the past, the Segway ...

A human powered one-wheeled Segway? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Say what you will about the Segway, but perhaps it was a vehicle just a bit ahead of its time. Consider its record sales in the face of record high gasoline prices as proof positive that consumers are looking for ways to get around without using fossil fuels pumped into tanks. There is certainly ...

$4 gas drives Segway sales to new high 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Record prices for gasoline are driving people in need of transportation to look at all kinds of alternatives. Used small cars from the early '90s are attracting record high prices (ahem), and more people are investigating scooters, mopeds and motorcycles. One company that has seen a huge spike in ...

Watch "10mph (Segway Across America)" for free for a limited time 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you've ever spent any amount of time in an office cubicle, you know people will do just about anything, including chewing off their own paw foot to escape. Thankfully, the measures taken by the guys featured in the film, 10 mph (Segway Across America) weren't quite that drastic. Or were they? ...

VIDEO: ReD DynaMix innovates with Segway 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Perhaps it has something to do with the freezing temperatures and living in igloos for 8 months of the year but the Canadians who have gathered themselves under the moniker of ReD DynaMix really have a thing for Segway hacking. Being the distributors for the two-wheeled gyromatic gives ...

Expect to see more mall security on the Segway 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Simon Property Group, a company that provides security solutions to corporations all over the U.S., has announced that it is rolling out Segway i2s to its entire fleet of shopping mall security guards. The latest purchase will make Simon's fleet of 225 Segways the largest in the world. Apparently, ...

Segway i2 is now green for real 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Segway transporters hold a special place on our site as technologically advanced electric two-wheelers available all over the world. While the Segway's usefulness as a transportation device is often scrutinized, the zero-emissions status of the self-balancing little machine is not up for debate. ...

Update on the Uno electric unicycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click here to see more shots Last year, we showed you Canadian teen Ben Gulak's much-cooler interpretation of the Segway. Called the Uno, his 120 pound machine is capable of balancing itself and its rider using custom-programmed software and some gyros. When we last saw the contraption, it looked ...

Piemonte H-Due concept: possible Segway competitor? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for high-res shots For all of the jokes that the Segway has had to endure since it was unveiled, there sure are lots of competitors sprouting up all the time. The latest that we've heard about is known as the Piemonte H-Due. As far as we know, this is just a concept, and details ...

You can't front on this - Segway rider takes on BMX trickster 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

The Segway is often derided for being an over-complex method of transportation. We can see the argument, considering that a bike or an e-bike would provide nearly all of the same capabilities for much less money... but the Segway is still cool and appeals to our geeky sides. That said, the video ...

Segway replaces wheelchair for some 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Dr. Peter D. Poullos, a resident physician in the radiology department at Stanford University, was seriously injured in a bicycling accident. Paralyzed from the shoulders down, he had to go through major therapy to regain the use of his arms and legs, but was never completely able to recover. ...

150 Target stores will get Segway patrols 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

What's good for the police is apparently good for Target Security Patrols as well. Whenever we hear about police departments moving some officers to the two-wheeled, battery-powered Segway PTs (like this), they often mention a certain list of advantages: added height, ease of operation and ...

Video: Huckabee on a Segway 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Leading presidential candidate Mike Huckabee took a ride on a Segway recently, as you can see in the video above. He goes about 0.0000005 MPH while someone holds him and someone else actually screams "moving forward." I am assuming his handlers wanted to avoid the photo-op and headline "Huckabee ...

GM confirms leasing lithium ion batteries for Chevy Volt and Opel Flextreme is a possibility 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Remember the Opel Flextreme? We haven't heard too much about this version of the E-Flex platform with the Segways in the back since it was unveiled at the Frankfurt Motor Show back in September. But General Motors has repeated an interesting announcement regarding the high-tech lithium ion ...

Ferrari branded Segway... when the i2 is just not exclusive enough 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

What would you expect from a Ferrari-branded Segway? Quick acceleration, fast top-speeds, excellent handling and good looks come to mind. Depending on your point of view (and personal opinion) at least one of those points has been addressed with the aforementioned Ferrari/Segway tie-up. In our ...

Meet the iSlide, a Segway-like skateboard concept 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/gadgets/Hydrogen_Powered_Skateboard'; No too long ago, we showed you a one-wheeled machine that used accelerometers and a gyroscope to interpret your body movements into motion. That DIY machine was operated on the same principles as the Segway. Here is another ...

Anybody up for some Segway polo? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We often feature stories about the Segway, being that it is an alternative and emission-free form of transportation and all. I don't know how many of our readers own one, if any, but I am sure that at least some of you have given them a try. I have heard many reports of how fun the machine is to ...

Engadget asks: How would you improve the Segway? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Our gadget-obsessed pals over at Engadget want to know what you think of the Segway, or rather, how you would improve it. GM thinks it's a good idea to store them in the Opel Flextreme. I have been saying that the biggest problem about the Segway is the price. Would you agree? I think that if you ...

More police-ridin' Segway action, this time in Chicago 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Yes, you read that right: yet another would-be criminal has been nabbed by the long arm of the law... riding a Segway. Well, we assume that the cop in question must have had long arms, 'cause the Segway is only capable of moving at 12.5 miles per hour, well under what the average reasonably fit man ...

Would you believe... another DIY Segway built by students! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

"A group of students from Wayland High School, John D. O'Bryant School of Math and Science, and Cambridge Rindge and Latin School working with four MIT students," says their website, has created yet another one-off DIY Segway-like scooter. Just like the Segway, their device can balance itself as ...

The heartwarming tale of a man and his Segway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

We are getting mixed messages regarding Segways today. Yesterday, Engadget reported on the largest club dedicated to the not-quite-a-scooter, stand-up, two-wheeled, self-balancing machine. However, Segway themselves are reporting that sales are up. None of those things might matter to the man ...

Another homebuilt Segway-like contraption built by teens in Canada 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Despite the internet ribbing that the Segway tends to get, people sure are fond of making copies of them (see related posts below). Actually, maybe it's because of the ribbing they get... I mean, how cool is it that a couple of teens in Canada can take some wheelchair motors, 36 volts worth of ...

Another Segway alternative, this time no hands! 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

An inventor named Ulrich Kahlert has created what is essentially a hands free version of the Segway. It's not clear from the site if it's actually a modified Segway or something completely new, but it seems to function similarly except that the rider controls it by squeezing the controls between ...

Frankfurt Preview: GM's next E-Flex may come with a Segway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

At the Frankfurt Motor Show in September, General Motors will be all about the green with a third iteration of E-Flex and the second major body style. GM officials had previously acknowledged the Frankfurt E-Flex vehicle will be a completely different body style from the Chevy Volt. Although no one ...

10 MPH: Traveling from coast to coast on a Segway 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

I have heard that the average person walks about 5 miles per hour. The Segway cruises at about twice that rate. So, if the thought of crossing the United States on foot appeals to your inner sense of freedom, but you just don't have the time, why not try it on a Segway? Please, reread that last ...

Hubo-Way: A new Segway copy... uh, competitor? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

While sales of the Segway are not exactly setting the world on fire or anything like that, one might find it odd that competitors would be springing up. We showed you a possible Sony Segway competitor a while back. And now we bring you the Hubo-Way, which is almost more of a copy of the Segway than ...

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